The Truth
(专辑: Internal Affairs - 1999)
[Pharoahe Monch:] Yo, truth had me up against the
ropes Semi-conscious without no boxing skills Fear of it makes hair on my neck grow like minoxodil Watching the
clock is I'll when faced with the
truth, parallels Observing amateur video tapes of twenty-one top-notch NYPD cops get I'll Fill their minds not to kill, still some never revealed true feelings We're speaking on the
truth right now in itself is a
healing See the
creator created existence and balance At right angles, unless it was conceived and stated So whoever shall stray away from right lives wrong The
deliverance of the
word "false", opposite of truth off course Sure as my slave name sending Troy Donald Jamerson paves the
path, enabling truth To stay stable and cling to earth Sort of similar to the
way static electricity sting see Truth brings light, light refracts off the
mirror Visions of yourself and error could never be clearer The
truth is that you ugly, not on the
outside But in the
inside, on the
outside you fronting, you lovely The
discovery of these things and all are well hidden But when you in denial of self, it is forbidden That's the
truth [Female:] In due time we will find [Common:] Let the
truth be told from young souls that become old From days spent in the
jungle, where must one go to find it? Time is real, we can't rewind it Out of everybody I
met, who told the
truth? Time did We find kids speaking 'cause it's naturally in us But the
false prophets by telling us we born sinners Venders of hate got me battling my own mind state At a
divine rate, I
ain't in this just to rhyme great See the
truth in the
thighs of a
stripper, the
eyes of my nigga If it's only one, then why should it differ? So constantly I
seek it Wondering why I
gotta drink a
six-pack to speak it Took a
picture of the
truth and tried to develop it Had proof, it was only recognized by the
intelligent Took the
negative and positive, 'cause niggas got to live Said I
got to give more than I'm given 'Cause truth'll never be heard in religion After searching the
world, on the
inside, what was hidden? It was the
truth [Female:] Truth, truth, truth, truth, truth, truth In due time, we will find [Talib Kweli:] Check it, on my neck I
still got marks from the
nooses The
truth it produces, fear that got niggas on the
run like Carl Lewis The
truth is my crew is the
smoothest spitters of saliva juices Like The
Roots is, more organic than acoustics Heavenly, what will set you free and kill you in the
same breath That shit you gotta get off your chest before your death Unless the
way you speak is lighter than a
pamphlet 'Cause the
truth give the
words the
weight of a
planet, God damn it I
ran with what God planted in my heart and I
understand it To be to bring some light to the
dark, breathe some life in this art This must be the
truth (Why?) 'Cause we keep marching on (True) The
truth lay the
foundation of what we rocking on (True) You can't see it if you blind, but we will always prevail (True) Life is like the
open sea, the
truth is the
wind in our sail And in the
end, our names is on the
lips of dying men If ever crushed to the
earth, we always rise again When the
words of lying men sound lush like the
sound of a
violin The
truth is there, it's just the
heart you gotta find it in [Female:] You will find, you will find, you will find You will find, you will find, you will find You will find